The very first best picture winner stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen as two hometown boys whose rivalry for the affections of a girl, played by Clara Bow, carries them from America to the war in France against the Germans.

The very first best picture winner stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen as two hometown boys whose rivalry for the affections of a girl, played by Clara Bow, carries them from America to the war in France against the Germans.

Since the first Oscars ceremony, when "Wings" was named best picture, the film academy has honored war movies, from the Civil War romance of "Gone With the Wind" to the brutal bludgeoning of "The Hurt Locker." Here are a few Oscar favorites and nominees that depict war and its consequences.